HARDIN — The Bulldogs at Hardin High School are preparing for a new football season, but this year will be different.

Starting this season, the Bulldogs are teaming up with the Lodge Grass Indians.

The 40 players on the Hardin-Lodge Grass co-op team are confident this season will be more successful than ever.

See the Hardin-Lodge Grass Bulldogs practice at Hardin High School below: Rivals turned teammates: Hardin, Lodge Grass join forces on football field

According to Hardin High School athletics director Travis Krieger, last season was rocky for both the Bulldogs and Indians.

"Both schools were on the very edge of cutting the programs," he said Tuesday.

Last year, Krieger said Hardin's football team had been bit by the "injury bug," and they were forced to forfeit their last two g

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